[Heathkit] Silk Screening Heaths.

[kiyoinc at attglobal.net]

Replying to the question of repainting and rescreening a brown Heath to 
traditional green.

I'm looking into painting and rescreening Heaths too. I have a couple 
SB-303's with bad front panels.

One has a hole drilled in it, next to the meter. Another has one 
enlarged cabinet hole. On a third, the front panel is is coated with 
something. It's looks like translucent tar.

For the hole, I could either use auto body epoxy putty or maybe that 
"weld aluminum with a propane torch" stuff I got at a hamfest.

Either way, the chore is to prep and paint the aluminum, make a silk 
screen, and then screen the front panel. I think I'll make at least one 
in a non-Heath color. White with black letters are a possibility. Army 
olive drab is another. Then there were the rare red Heaths.

The other year, I saw a Johnson transmitter that Bob, W0YVA, had 
restored. The front panel was a non-standard, glowing brown. Why not. 
These old radios are not rare antiques, yet.

I am not that crazy about the Heath textured print and might do one in 
high gloss.

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